The Dog Dude Text Call

Behaviour help

Whatever your dog is doing, Mark has seen it.

Pick the one that sounds like your dog. Each page says what it looks like, what is usually behind it, and what the first session does about it.

Mark walking six dogs together on a lead in a Toronto park

Six places to start

What is your dog doing?

Aggression

Growling, lunging, snapping — at people, at other dogs, or at your own family.
How Mark works with it

Reactivity on leash

Every dog on the sidewalk sets your dog off, and the walk becomes something you dread.
How Mark works with it

Anxiety and separation

Panic when you leave the house, shaking at the door, pacing that never settles.
How Mark works with it

Resource guarding

Stiffening over food, a toy, the couch — or over one particular person.
How Mark works with it

Fear of strangers

Hiding, backing away, or barking at anyone new who comes near.
How Mark works with it

Puppy foundations

Get the walk and the rules right before any of the above has a chance to start.
How Mark works with it

Not sure which one?

Seven questions about your dog, an honest read, and the page that actually fits. It takes about two minutes.

The short version

Most “aggressive” dogs Mark meets are frightened, not vicious. Both are fixable.

Fear and aggression look identical from the end of a leash. Mark reads which one you have in the first few minutes, and the plan follows from that — not from a label.

What is balanced training?
A black dog pressed against its owner's legs, unsure of what is around it

Tell Mark what is going on

Text him a few lines about your dog, or book the first session outright. He answers himself.

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